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Asked sweet mama, Let me be her kid She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it hid"

Well I know my baby, If I see her in the dark I said I know my rider, If I see her in the dark

Now, I goin' to Rosedale, Take my rider by my side Still barrelhouse, If it's on the riverside, yeah I know my baby, Lord, I said, "is really sloppy drunk" I know my mama, Lord, a brownskin, but she ain't no plum

See my baby, tell her, Tell her hurry home Had no lovin', since my baby been gone See my baby, Tell hurry on home I ain't had, Lord, my right mind, Since my rider's been gone